Matthew Welch Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology biology, cell motility, the role of the actin cytoskeleton in cell locomotion, shape change, actin filament assembly, bacterial and viral pathogens
Kimberley Seed Dept of Plant and Microbial Biology interactions between bacteria and their viral predators
Laurent Coscoy Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology immunology, viruses, viral infection, immune responses, immune evasion
Britt Koskella Dept of Integrative Biology Bacteriophage, Microbiome, plant-pathogen interactions, disease ecology, agricultural sustainability, Environmental Microbiology of Bacteria and Viruses, plant microbiome, evolutionary ecology
Suzanne M.J. Fleiszig School of Optometry immunology, eye, microbiology, infectious disease, corneal physiology, tear film physiology, bacterial pathogenesis, contact lenses, pseudomonas aeruginosa, epithelial cell biology, innate immunity
Daniel A. Portnoy Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology Dept of Plant and Microbial Biology microbiology, bacteriology, infectious diseases, intracellular pathogens, innate immunity, adaptive immunity, vaccines, cell biology
Mohammad Reza Kaazempur Mofrad Dept of Bioengineering Dept of Mechanical Engineering molecular cell biomechanics, bacterial communities / microbiomes, deep learning for biology and medicine
Arash Komeili Dept of Plant and Microbial Biology microbiology, Biomineralization, bacterial organelles, Magnetic Nanoparticles
Hiroshi Nikaido Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology membrane biochemistry, bacterial physiology, bacteria, channel-forming proteins of the outer membrane, the diffusion of lipophilic compounds, mechanism and regulation of multidrug efflux transport systems, mycobacterial cell wall
Matt F. Traxler Dept of Plant and Microbial Biology bacterial interspecies interactions, specialized metabolism
Kathleen Ryan Dept of Plant and Microbial Biology bacterial envelope properties, biogenesis, stress responses
Michael Botchan Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology eukaryotic gene expression, drosophila chromosomes, papilloma viral DNA, chromosomal dynamics
David H. Raulet Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology biology, cancer immunology, natural killer (NK) cells, T-cell development and function, pathogens, viruses, lymphocyte receptors, microorganisms, cancer cells, tumor immunity, immunotherapy of cancer
Jeffery S. Cox Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology TB, mycobacterium tuberculosis, M. tuberculosis, genetics, proteomics, transcriptional profiling, host-pathogen interactions, host-directed therapy
Sarah Stanley School of Public Health mechanisms of pathogenesis and immune subversion in tuberculosis, protective immunity to tuberculosis, metabolic interactions between hosts and pathogens, development of novel therapeutics for tuberculosis, scientific capacity building, tuberculosis
Karine Gibbs Dept of Plant and Microbial Biology microbiology, microbial development, molecular genetics, biochemistry, microbial social behaviors, bacterial communities / microbiomes, collective behaviors
Nicole King Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology choanoflagellates, multicellularity, evolution of animals, host-microbe interactions, bacterial cues
Kara L. Nelson Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering wastewater based epidemiology, water and wastewater treatment, water reuse, detection and inactivation of pathogens in water and sludge, appropriate technologies
Ellen Robey Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology fate determination in the T-lymphocyte lineage, T cell development in the mouse, thymic development, cellular maturation, parasitic infection, chronic infection, host-pathogen interactions, Toxoplasma gondii
Adam Arkin Dept of Bioengineering Systems and Synthetic Biology, Environmental Microbiology of Bacteria and Viruses, bioenergy, Biomedicine, Bioremediation, space, green and sustainable manufacturing, sustainability
Norma Cecilia Martinez-Gomez Dept of Plant and Microbial Biology microbial physiology, one-carbon metabolism, microbial molecular biology, bacteria, enzymes, enzyme activity, enzymology, enzyme kinetics, protein biochemistry, protein characterization
Kenneth N. Raymond Dept of Chemistry chemistry, bacteria, bioinorganic chemistry, biophysical chemistry, coordination, design of specific chelating agents for metal ions, human iron storage and transport proteins, low-molecular weight chelating agents, metals in medicine, metal-ligands
Kaoru Saijo Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology neurodevelopmental disorders, neuropsychiatric disease, neurodegenerative disease, immunology, pathogenesis
Richard K. Hernandez School of Journalism journalism, new media, Mobile, visual storytelling, virtual reality, film/video production, photojournalism